Annual Population Survey Two-Year Longitudinal Dataset, January 2020 - December 2021

<p>The <i>Annual Population Survey</i> (APS) is a major survey series, which aims to provide data that can produce reliable estimates at local authority level. Key topics covered in the survey include education, employment, health and ethnicity. The APS comprises key variables from the<a href="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=2000026"> </a><i><a href="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=2000026">Labour Force Survey</a></i> (LFS), all its associated LFS boosts and the APS boost.</p><p>The APS allows for analysis to be carried out on detailed subgroups and below regional level. In recent years (particularly with the sample size of the LFS 5 quarter dataset reducing) there has been some interest in producing a two year APS longitudinal dataset to look at any trends that may occur over a year. The APS Two-Year Longitudinal Datasets, covering 2012/13 onwards, have been deposited as a result of this work. <a href="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=200002#!/access-data">Person- and Household-level APS</a> datasets are also available.</p><p> </p><p>For further detailed information about methodology, users should consult the <i>Labour Force Survey User Guide</i>, included with the APS documentation.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Occupation data for 2021 and 2022 data files</span><br> </p><p>The ONS have identified an issue with the collection of some occupational data in 2021 and 2022 data files in a number of their surveys. While they estimate any impacts will be small overall, this will affect the accuracy of the breakdowns of some detailed (four-digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)) occupations, and data derived from them. None of ONS' headline statistics, other than those directly sourced from occupational data, are affected and you can continue to rely on their accuracy. For further information on this issue, please see: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/occupationaldatainonssurveys">https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/occupationaldatainonssurveys</a>.</p><p></p> For the second edition (December 2022), the 2022 longitudinal weighting variable was added to the study.<br>